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Rushmer, Rosemary; Shucksmith, Janet – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2018
In this paper the development of askFuse is used as a case study to illustrate contextual and system barriers to universities providing useful, usable and timely research evidence in response to local practice and policy partners' stated public health research needs. Entrenched systems (research excellence framework, academic career pathways,…
Descriptors: Barriers, Research Utilization, Public Health, Case Studies
Exploring Market and Competitive Intelligence Research as a Source for Enhancing Innovation Capacity
Bajaj, Deepak – College Quarterly, 2015
The purpose of this study was to assess the role of Competitive and Market Intelligence (CI/MI) Research as a potential source for improving the innovation capability of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME's) leading to successful new product/services/processes/capabilities development (Cooper & Edgett, 2002). This report highlights the…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Capacity Building, Research and Development, Innovation
Stancliffe, Roger J.; Jones, Edwin; Mansell, Jim; Lowe, Kathy – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2008
Background: Active Support (AS) is an approach for promoting increased engagement in activities by people with intellectual disability (ID). Method: We critically reviewed the available research on AS, and added a commentary to help guide future research and practice. Results: Despite weaknesses in the research design of some studies, there is…
Descriptors: Research Design, Mental Retardation, Caseworker Approach, Individualized Programs
National Center for Research in Vocational Education, Berkeley, CA. – 1993
This paper contains a mission statement and overview of the National Center for Research in Vocational Education's (NCRVE) agenda for 1993. The first part outlines the goals and programs of NCRVE's six research and development areas: the economic context of vocational education; the institutional context of vocational education; curriculum and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Postsecondary Education
Gagne, Robert M. – Educational Technology, 1980
Suggested are basic ways in which a system of educational research and development may meet the demand for successful R&D, from the formulation of research questions to the utilization of results. Stressed are local ownership of school-based R&D, the development of applied research efforts, and the utilization of outcomes. (RAO)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research and Development Centers, Research Needs, Research Utilization
Laroui, Abdallah – Prospects, 1991
Describes personal experiences with university research and development. Criticizes university research as ineffective and inwardly focused, resulting in a concept of scientific research that negates the notion of economic development. Complains that the focus of study no longer contributes to an increase in consumable wealth. Urges that…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economic Impact, Higher Education

Reed, L. Deno; Walker, Sylvia – 1991
This conference report summarizes presentations and discussions of a workshop on vocational rehabilitation and behavioral and social sciences research, which was intended to promote exchange of information within the research community, better management and planning within research projects sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Disabilities, Federal Aid
Lynn, David R. – 1969
Established in June 1966, the Hawaii Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) terminated under the original Federal grant August 31, 1969. Located in the community college system of The University of Hawaii, the RCU serves all levels of vocational and technical education throughout the state. Among the purposes identified as guidelines for the RCU were:…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Educational Research, Guidelines

Fabes, Richard A.; Martin, Carol Lynn; Hanish, Laura D.; Updegraff, Kimberly A. – Child Development, 2000
Identifies the forces that influence how developmental research is prioritized and evaluated and how these influences are changing at entry into the new millennium. Considers the developmental researcher in context, suggesting that there will be increasing pressure to use new criteria when assessing the significance of twenty-first-century…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Evaluation Criteria, Influences
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1996
The forms of knowledge that are relevant to education are diverse as well as complex. In 1995 the CERI, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, and the Belgium Flemish Ministry of Education held a conference in Maastricht to examine ways in which educational research-and-development systems functioned in various countries.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries

Freedman, Elaine S. – System, 1986
Presents a brief overview of good research design and related statistical concepts in deliberately non-technical language and argues that an awareness of the basic principles of valid research on the part of teachers and researchers is necessary to put the findings of language and education research into proper perspective. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Language Research, Language Teachers, Qualitative Research, Research and Development
Evaluation and Service Delivery Research in the Area of Severe Intellectual Disability in Australia.

Parmenter, Trevor R. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1990
This article examines the relationship between research and service provision to persons with severe mental retardation, notes frequent methodological deficiencies in current research, and proposes establishment of Australian research centers to coordinate research efforts and link research to service delivery. (DB)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries, Research and Development Centers, Research Methodology
Fuhrman, Susan H. – 1992
This paper focuses on the challenges in the improvement of research and development that arise from the commonality, rather than differences, in producer and consumer perceptions. The paper is based on the assumption that although producers do have varied incentives for engaging in and using research, their key motivation is a desire to improve…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Mitchell, Douglas E. – 1985
This chapter examines, from four perspectives, the ways in which educational research, development, and evaluation activities in the United States are organized, controlled, and supported, and considers whether research can be properly used to shape educational policy and practice. First, the size and historical development of the research and…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Evaluation

Cooley, William W.; McGrail, Janet – 1977
Decision-oriented inquiries emanate from a specific need for information and are conducted under a number of constraints. Conclusion-oriented research originates with the researcher and can be pursued in ways decided on by the researcher. Two examples of decision-oriented evaluation studies conducted by school districts and the relationships…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Information Dissemination